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Altermatt, Ellen Rydell – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2011
Although friends often share successes with one another, very little attention has been paid to these interactions. The current study examines the nature of middle school students' interactions with friends following academic successes and the consequences of these interactions for students' school adjustment. Participants were 293 fifth- through…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, School Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Friendship
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Adams, Katharine S.; Proctor, Briley E. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2010
This study investigated differences between attributional style and student adaptation to college for students with and without disabilities. In terms of attributional style, the students with disabilities demonstrated a more internal, stable, and global attributional style for both positive events and negative events. In terms of student…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Student Adjustment, Social Adjustment, Self Advocacy
Kaase, Kristopher J. – 1994
This study tested the ability of the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ) to predict attrition for first-time, full-time freshmen at a predominantly white, medium-sized, liberal arts, denominational college in the southeast. A random sample of 100 students were surveyed of which 84 returned usable questionnaires (57 females, 27 male,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Students, Higher Education